Our revolutionary OTW-12Ti hardbanding alloy

Submitted by Castolin on 27 April 2012

OTW-12Ti is a proprietary, gas shielded, flux cored alloy wire specifically developed for Hardbanding of drilling pipe tool-joints. The high quality protective alloy weld deposit is designed to give a crack-free, smooth surface with low friction properties. Wear resistance performance in open hole situations qualifies amongst the best on the market with lowest casing-wear properties. This alloy may be cost-effectively reapplied over itself to refurbish worn drill pipes after drilling operations. It is only necessary to ensure that the base material and old OTW-12Ti coating are free of any physical defects and that safe dimension tolerances are retained.

What is hardbanding?Hardbanding is a very established name for the wearfacing welding process used in drilling to minimize wear on casing and drilling tool joints in order to reduce operational costs associated with Oil & Gas production. It involves the application of a wearfacing material on the drill tool joint. The process is performed by approved hardbanding applicators for OEM drill pipe producers and drilling companies.